Olean man sentenced to 3-9 years for hit-and-run death
Breaking News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
August 27, 2025
OLEAN — An Olean man has been sentenced to three to nine years in state prison for a 2023 hit-and-run incident on Seneca Avenue that resulted in a wom...

united states economic policy

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
Articles, Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
May 28, 2025
The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
Read More...
A doomsday clock is ticking
Opinion, opinion/columns
Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
Read More...
Schumer sounds alarm over DOGE, Social Security
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Olean Times Herald staff 
Mar 27, 2025
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer says New York seniors could soon feel the impacts of cuts to the Social Security Administration by the Trump administration. “...
Read More...
About those Medicaid ‘cuts’
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 04, 2025
Democrats believe they’ve found a potent issue in GOP Medicaid reform. They are hammering at Republican lawmakers, accusing them of not aggressively o...
Read More...
Local & Social